A semi-irregular blog of news, opinions, and random ideas about MTV's Daria and its fandom, plus anything else even vaguely Daria related

Saturday, February 23, 2008

A Few More Points of Cyber-Interest

Still surfing around, and this morning we have:

Fanfics.org: Daria: A lesser-used cousin of FF.net. The Daria section has only 19 stories in it. Anyone reading this have some stories you'd like to post? Let's get this baby off the ground. LATE ADD: Oh, I wasn't aware of the problems here. Hmmm.

Writing.com: Interactive Daria story: Okay, here is a weird one. It's a pick-a-path story, the kind I . . . um, someone I once knew used to write. You read a section of text, then make a choice as to where you will go next. I believe someone else (Mike Xeno?) started an interactive story, but that was years ago. And this story here is about . . . weight gain? You look at it and figure it out. Maybe someone else could start a different story here.

I might add a few more things to this shortly. A weight-gain Daria story. Shades of "Arts n' Crass" . . .

MORE LATE ADDS: Richard Lobinske continues to do the work of Atlas on DariaWiki, adding new material on award-winning stories and fixing irksome errors. A heartfelt "thank you" goes to you. Brother Grimace, Roentgen, and Cyde also have added piles of new material. We are in your debt.

Just found the Daria Fan Club, with 690 fans and club news. It appears to have videos, too. How the heck did I miss this one earlier? Huh. Well, there it is.

Fandom supersites

Daria supersites are comprehensive, content-rich websites designed by and for fans of the series. By definition, supersites offer a variety of links to other Daria fansites, but a true supersite offers much more—character descriptions, fanfiction archives, fan art galleries, essays and fan commentaries, message boards, screen-capture galleries, episode transcripts, downloadables, contests and quizzes, Dariacon information, etc. The designation of a fan site as a supersite is a matter of opinion, but the following sites (most of which are no longer updated) have made a serious effort to be comprehensive and offer a variety of material.

Series summaries

Daria summaries are webpages offering overviews of the TV series (1997-2002). Character images, episode synopses, and voice-actor lists are usually presented; some include links to other Daria sites. In most, little or no fan content appears, but some sites allow for fan reviews and commentary. Summary pages are often unoriginal copies of pages from Wikipedia or other sources about the show.

Latest fanworks

Many thanks to The Angst Guy for compiling the 2007-2010 fanfiction contributions, TheExcellentS for compiling the 2011 and 2012 fanfiction contributions, and Richard Lobinske for compiling the 2007-2011 fan art contributions.

Daria-on-DVD activism

Internet stores and product reviews are mixed together below, as one often includes the other. Note the special section with reviews and advice on the Daria's Inferno computer game. See also the important information at the end of this list.

Daria items licensed by MTV are no longer available from Hot Topic, but these might be found on resale sites.

WARNING!Not all items that appear under search queries for "Daria" are officially licensed from MTV. No guarantees are made by this website for quality, relevance, or anything else. This list is only for your personal interest and amusement. Caveat emptor!

Blasts from the past

Thanks to theWayBack Machine at Archive.org, many of the Daria websites of yesteryear that were taken down can be recovered, in whole or in part, for our interest today. Earlier versions of current websites are also intriguing; many fanfics that were deleted by request of their authors turn out to still be available through the WayBack Machine. Suggestions for additions to this listing are welcome.

However, the WayBack Machine is not guaranteed to recover all or even most of a website. In some cases, just the skeleton of the site is left, without images or downloads. Some webpages are glitch-filled and need to be fixed by the Archive staff before viewing. (Write to the staff to describe problems in recovering old sites, if the issues seem fixable.) Enjoy surfing down memory lane.

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